Buffalo, Illinois, December 29, 1914.

R. W. Baxter, about 70 years old, said that one night in September, about four years ago,

he was camping near the side of a new branch railroad in eastern Montana.

He had come there to work on the construction of the line, but had not found a job.

He started a fire along the road.

Another man came up to him whom he had never seen before.

Were you ever in Chicago, the man asked.

Baxter said he had been. Did you know a man named George Painter?

Baxter said he had known a man of that name who killed a girl and was hanged for it in 1894.

George Painter never killed that girl, replied the stranger. How do you know, said Baxter? I know, because I killed her,

replied the stranger. You're a damn fool to tell about it then, was Baxter's response. The man gave his

name as Jack Cade. He did not remain with Baxter, and gave no further details regarding his statement.

Baxter said he feared becoming mixed up with the case, but had been worried by the incident

and wrote to the Chicago police with the idea of communicating with Painter's family that the

disgrace might be lifted.

Baxter, on account of his age, is considered not

entirely dependable, but told his story clearly and without reserve. Later, he expressed

the wish that he had kept it to himself, because he feared evil might come of it to him.

Chicago, Illinois, May 17, 1891.

Alice Martin, a disreputable woman 28 years old, was mysteriously murdered in her room at number 86 South Green Street at 1 o'clock this morning. George H. Painter, 35 years old,

who has been known to be a lover of the woman, is under arrest at the Displained Street

Station on suspicion of being connected with the crime.

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